Explore Cottonwood, Texas, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Cottonwood, Texas. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Texas or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Cottonwood.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Cottonwood |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Callahan County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 32.451381 |
| Longitude | -96.401538 |
| Population | 181 |
| Density | 49.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 77872, 77808, 76691, 75158 |
| Area Code | 325, 214, 469 |
| County Seat | Baird |
| School District | Scurry-Rosser Independent School District |
Cottonwood occupies a quiet stretch of the Texas landscape where the earth yields to the steady, unpretentious flow of Cottonwood Creek. It lies 35.1 miles east-southeast of Abilene, TX (from Abilene, TX: bearing 118°T), and is situated 18.2 miles southwest of Cisco. The terrain here is defined by wide, sun-bleached horizons and a sky that seems to press down with a heavy, honest clarity, far removed from the humid air of the distant coast. To the east, the land holds a stillness that suggests the deep, slow pulse of the inland prairie, while the horizon remains flat and unburdened, save for the faint, hazy suggestion of the Edwards Plateau rising in the distant west. A mile away, the Soil Conservation Service Site 5 Reservoir holds the runoff of the seasons, its surface mirroring the shifting greys and indigos of a restless, cloud-swept atmosphere.
Cottonwood emerged from the necessity of the soil, finding its rhythm in the cyclical labor of agriculture and the endurance of those who first broke this stubborn, sun-baked ground. The economy remains tethered to the pulse of the land, reflecting a heritage of ranching and field work that values the weight of a calloused hand over the frantic pace of the urban sprawl. While the years have moved forward, the local character retains a deliberate, spare quality, much like the weathered fence lines that divide the pastures. Travelers seeking a respite from the modern velocity might find a different kind of quiet at Bell Park, a place that preserves the native grasses and silence of a region that has long preferred to keep its own counsel.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cottonwood, Texas. Coordinates: 32.451381, -96.401538. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Cottonwood includes the ZIP code (77872, 77808, 76691), telephone area code (325, 214, 469), county seat of Callahan County (Baird), and school district assignment (Scurry-Rosser Independent School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |